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Snouted Hoverflies
Rhingia
Rhingia is a genus of hoverflies. They all have a very distinctive long snout. The larva are associated with animal dung. Adults feed on nectar and pollen.
23 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Heineken Fly
speciesRhingia campestris
American Snout Fly
speciesRhingia nasica
Grey-backed Snout-hoverfly
speciesRhingia rostrata
Rhingia austriaca
speciesRhingia austriaca
Rhingia caerulescens
speciesRhingia caerulescens
Rhingia longirostris
speciesRhingia longirostris
Rhingia nigra
speciesRhingia nigra
Rhingia binotata
speciesRhingia binotata
Rhingia formosana
speciesRhingia formosana
Rhingia lutea
speciesRhingia lutea
Rhingia semicaerulea
speciesRhingia semicaerulea
Rhingia laticincta
speciesRhingia laticincta
Rhingia laevigata
speciesRhingia laevigata
Rhingia cuthbertsoni
speciesRhingia cuthbertsoni
Rhingia pellucens
speciesRhingia pellucens
Rhingia fuscipes
speciesRhingia fuscipes
Rhingia mecyana
speciesRhingia mecyana
Rhingia trivittata
speciesRhingia trivittata
Rhingia coerulea
speciesRhingia coerulea
Rhingia cyanoprora
speciesRhingia cyanoprora
Rhingia pycnosoma
speciesRhingia pycnosoma
Rhingia orthoneurina
speciesRhingia orthoneurina
Rhingia pulcherrima
speciesRhingia pulcherrima
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 355017.